About M WOODS  

 


M WOODS 798

798 Art Zone D-06,
No.2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing

Locations

M WOODS Chengdu (People’s Park)

Located in the historical “100-year old street” of Citang (Ancestral Hall) Street. 

Chengdu, China. 

M WOODS Museum: 

M WOODS Museum is the leading museum of contemporary art in China. As a not-for-profit organization registered in China, M WOODS operates thanks to the generous contributions of its patrons, sponsors, and private funding.

Founded in 2014, and home to a permanent collection of over one thousand objects, M WOODS is deeply committed to preserving, interpreting, and pushing the boundaries of art. The collection at M WOODS museum features a wide range of cultural viewpoints, displaying works from artists such as Kader Attia and Danh Võ, as well as Buddhist sculptures from the Northern Qi Dynasty. It also includes contemporary pieces by Olafur Eliasson and Yang Fudong, among many others.

M WOODS Museum, with locations in cities including Beijing and Chengdu, focuses on actively promoting and supporting contemporary art within local communities across China. The museum holds up to six exhibitions yearly at each of its venues, in addition to hosting events, academic discussions, publications, exchanges, and artist residencies. Its mission extends beyond promoting and supporting local contemporary art; it also provides a space and platform for international artists to have their first institutional exhibitions in Asia.

The museum's dedicated Exhibitions Department has organized the first solo museum exhibitions in China for several artists, including: Ryuichi Sakamoto (2023), Ann Veronica Janssens (2023), Genieve Figgis (2023), Salman Toor (2023), Martin Margiela (2022), Bruce Nauman (2022), Man Ray (2021), Austin Lee (2021), Ryuichi Sakamoto (2021), Giorgio Morandi (2020), Richard Tuttle (2019), Paul McCarthy (2018), and Nicolas Party (2018). among others.

Kader Attia, “We Want to be Modern”, 2014, Permanent installation at M WOODS 798.

International Partnerships:

M WOODS museum actively engages in cross-cultural collaborations with partner institutions, having worked alongside notable museums such as Tate Modern in London, Lafayette Anticipations - Fondation Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Aspen Art Museum in Aspen, CO, and the British Museum in the U.K., among others.

M WOODS Temple Galleries (M WOODS Art Community, LongFu Building).


M WOODS 2019 Staff Photo